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which he declares that "exercising their inherent right of Self-
Determination, the sovereign people of Ireland, on December
28th, 1918, by more than a two-thirds majority, severed all politi¬
cal connection with Great Britain."

Cordier bequest. By bequest from the late Dr. Andrew Welling¬
ton Cordier (D.L.H., 1970) we have received his professional and
personal papers, numbering some 12 5,000 items of correspondence,
manuscripts, documents and memorabilia. This extensive collec¬
tion of research materials relates to Dr. Cordier's tenure as Presi¬
dent of the University, 1968-1970, and Dean of the School of
International Affairs, 1962-1973; as well as his work as an expert
on international security with the Department of State in Wash¬
ington, 1944-1946, and as Under-Secretary General of the United
Nations, 1949-196 2. There are also files pertaining to the Church
of the Brethren, of which he and Airs. Cordier were active mem¬
bers, the Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, and numerous confer¬
ences and committees in the field of international affairs. Alore than
two-thirds of the collection documents his work with the United
Nations in various areas of the world, including the Congo, South¬
east Asia, Africa, Hungary and the Aiiddle East. He corresponded
with many of the country's leading political and diplomatic fig¬
ures, and the files include letters from Ralph Bunche, Henry Cabot
Lodge, Alfred A'l. Landon, Chester Nimitz, Adlai Stevenson,
Harry Truman and the members of the Rockefeller family.

Crary gift. In memory of his wife, the late Dr. Catherine S. Crary,
Mr. Calvert H. Crary has presented a collection of letters, manu¬
scripts, documents and printed editions collected by his wife for
use in the writing of her book on the American Tories during the
Revolution, The Price of Loyalty. Many of the thirty-one manu¬
script items in the gift pertain to the Continental Army, and espe¬
cially to the Company of Captain Nathan Peirce in Seth Warner's
Green iMountain Boys Regiment. Also included are important let¬
ters from John Quincy Adams, Indian agent Israel Chapin, ^^'il-